Yerevan has a new kind of billboard: people. As human advertisements take to the city’s streets, Isaac Stephenson looks beyond the novelty to ask what their presence says about advertising, public space, visual pollution and the increasingly creative ways brands compete for our attention.
For more than three decades, the Armenia-Turkey border has been closed but trading continued through indirect routes. Beatriz Arslanian examines Turkey’s decision to authorize direct trade, its economic implications for Armenia, and whether incremental economic ties can help advance long-delayed political normalization.
Drawing on Armenia’s history and recent security challenges, K.M. Greg Sarkissian reflects on what sovereignty means for a small state navigating competing powers and argues that resilience depends not on choosing between geopolitical camps, but on strengthening institutions, diversifying partnerships, and building a country where Armenians can confidently build their future.
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